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Let's take a hypothetical scenario where some fairy presents you with 2 options:
a) You keep your current body, but you can't improve it. No matter how much you work out, you won't gain a single muscle. You won't get a tan by walking out in the sun. The opposite is true though, if you let yourself go, you will get fatter/out of shape. But you can always work it off back to the current state. In return, you get a NW1 full head of hair.
b) You keep your current hair, but, you can choose the body of your dreams.
I assume most people would take option a, I know I probably would. Because I am so desperate to get my hair back, I would probably not even hesitate. But upon thinking it through, it may not actually be as clear-cut as it seems at first.
10 years ago, when I didn't even realize I'd lose my hair, I always thought I was pale/skinny and had to do something about that. However, with multiple gyms close by and the sun ever present, it never worried me a single bit. I'll just start working out and get a tan. "Next week I'll start." "Next month". "Next year, but this time for real, it's on my goals list for the year". Eventually I started hitting the weights, but like many other people I never did it seriously, like my life depended on it. I just went 2-3 times and saw some small muscle gains and was happy to see some results, but never, EVER let go off the thought that "one of these days I'm gonna start for real and get ripped!".
So how am I able to live 10 years being a pal/skinny kid without being bothered by that fact too much? Only 1 reason, because I CAN do something about it. At any given time, I can get as tan as a brown leather couch and get that 6-pack. I just gotta do it, that's all.
Why do I feel like being fat is okay but being bald/short isn't? Because being fat is a choice, it's a temporary state. You meet some old friends and the conversation goes like this: "wow, you put on some weight buddy. Haha yeah it got out of hand, I'm gonna start working out again soon!" And somehow, everyone believes it. I mean, why wouldn't he, if all he has to do is run around and watch his caloric intake to be good-looking again, he'd be stupid not to? Every single fat guy on the planet has plans to lose weight eventually. Some of them will, but a lot of them won't. You see this same guy again a year later and nothing changed, but this time you don't even mention it.
Sometimes I fantasize about a special gym. A gym where lifting weights creates new hair follicles. It's a slow process though, and you'd have to lift thousands of hours to get your hair back. The first thing I'd do is move to an apartment close by. If that wasn't possible, I'd probably just buy a tent and set up shop there. I mean you get my point, I'd essentially live there until every hair on my goddamn head was back. I'd be the Schwarzenegger of hair lifting. NOTHING would be more important in my life than that gym. Nothing.
Which makes me wonder. If having my hair back is that important that I would life weights all day to get it back, why am I not doing this to get in great shape? Why am I not getting that tan and work my *** off to get the best body I can? I still have a little bit of hair left, the only reason I stopped buzzing it is because I look like a cancer patient. But grown out, it looks like a diffuse rat's nest, so also not very optimal. Why am I sitting here every day wallowing in self pity when "a" solution seems available to me? I mean I could work out, buzz it down and look very presentable. Here are a couple of possible reasons:
- It's unfair. All those NW1's out there with good genes just party all day and get laid without doing anything.
- Even if I get ripped I'll never be a 10/10. If I cannot get to perfection, why even bother?
- It's impossible. I have bad genetics, I don't like food, yada yada.
- It doesn't f*****g matter, because hair IS f*****g EVERYTHING NOTHING ELSE MATTERS
I have a really hard time believing the last option is true. If hair truly was everything, It would essentially mean that every single NW1 out there would beat everyone else in the looks department. This includes everyone on the balding spectrum. If you tell me they beat every slick bald guy, bare some exceptions (if you have a super fucked up face or something), you MAY be close to correct. But honestly there is a world of difference between slick bald and balding, and a balding buzzed head is still an option for most, if not everyone of us.
The second option seems a bit retarded. If you can shoot for an 7-8/10 but you simply don't because you wanna be a 10/10, that seems like a lame excuse for being lazy. If you had that NW1 head, you wouldn't do sh*t either, you'd just rock the 8/10 look and be happy.
The 3rd option, I have a hard time believing is true, but I'm not a scientist. I have seen great makeovers though, they just require a LOT of work an dedication. But if you hit rock bottom, wtf do you have to lose?
The first option is by far the biggest reason I think I struggle so much. I literally walk on the streets seeing 60 y/o men and FAT AS f*** guys with NW1's and I'm actually envious of them. It doesn't fking matter if the old guy can't get his dick up anymore and the fat guy hasn't gotten laid in years, I WANT THAT HAIR. But really, I think a good way to cope yourself with this is to remind yourself that even if this guy is fat and could lose weight, most likely he won't. He might not be as depressed as us because he has an actual solution available to him, but at the same time that might stop him from actually doing something about it.
I don't wanna turn this into a big blue pill "JUST DO IT" bullshit, since all of those reasons are actually legit. It IS hard to change, and i AM lazy. But looking at it from a different perspective has definitely given me a lot of food for thought.
a) You keep your current body, but you can't improve it. No matter how much you work out, you won't gain a single muscle. You won't get a tan by walking out in the sun. The opposite is true though, if you let yourself go, you will get fatter/out of shape. But you can always work it off back to the current state. In return, you get a NW1 full head of hair.
b) You keep your current hair, but, you can choose the body of your dreams.
I assume most people would take option a, I know I probably would. Because I am so desperate to get my hair back, I would probably not even hesitate. But upon thinking it through, it may not actually be as clear-cut as it seems at first.
10 years ago, when I didn't even realize I'd lose my hair, I always thought I was pale/skinny and had to do something about that. However, with multiple gyms close by and the sun ever present, it never worried me a single bit. I'll just start working out and get a tan. "Next week I'll start." "Next month". "Next year, but this time for real, it's on my goals list for the year". Eventually I started hitting the weights, but like many other people I never did it seriously, like my life depended on it. I just went 2-3 times and saw some small muscle gains and was happy to see some results, but never, EVER let go off the thought that "one of these days I'm gonna start for real and get ripped!".
So how am I able to live 10 years being a pal/skinny kid without being bothered by that fact too much? Only 1 reason, because I CAN do something about it. At any given time, I can get as tan as a brown leather couch and get that 6-pack. I just gotta do it, that's all.
Why do I feel like being fat is okay but being bald/short isn't? Because being fat is a choice, it's a temporary state. You meet some old friends and the conversation goes like this: "wow, you put on some weight buddy. Haha yeah it got out of hand, I'm gonna start working out again soon!" And somehow, everyone believes it. I mean, why wouldn't he, if all he has to do is run around and watch his caloric intake to be good-looking again, he'd be stupid not to? Every single fat guy on the planet has plans to lose weight eventually. Some of them will, but a lot of them won't. You see this same guy again a year later and nothing changed, but this time you don't even mention it.
Sometimes I fantasize about a special gym. A gym where lifting weights creates new hair follicles. It's a slow process though, and you'd have to lift thousands of hours to get your hair back. The first thing I'd do is move to an apartment close by. If that wasn't possible, I'd probably just buy a tent and set up shop there. I mean you get my point, I'd essentially live there until every hair on my goddamn head was back. I'd be the Schwarzenegger of hair lifting. NOTHING would be more important in my life than that gym. Nothing.
Which makes me wonder. If having my hair back is that important that I would life weights all day to get it back, why am I not doing this to get in great shape? Why am I not getting that tan and work my *** off to get the best body I can? I still have a little bit of hair left, the only reason I stopped buzzing it is because I look like a cancer patient. But grown out, it looks like a diffuse rat's nest, so also not very optimal. Why am I sitting here every day wallowing in self pity when "a" solution seems available to me? I mean I could work out, buzz it down and look very presentable. Here are a couple of possible reasons:
- It's unfair. All those NW1's out there with good genes just party all day and get laid without doing anything.
- Even if I get ripped I'll never be a 10/10. If I cannot get to perfection, why even bother?
- It's impossible. I have bad genetics, I don't like food, yada yada.
- It doesn't f*****g matter, because hair IS f*****g EVERYTHING NOTHING ELSE MATTERS
I have a really hard time believing the last option is true. If hair truly was everything, It would essentially mean that every single NW1 out there would beat everyone else in the looks department. This includes everyone on the balding spectrum. If you tell me they beat every slick bald guy, bare some exceptions (if you have a super fucked up face or something), you MAY be close to correct. But honestly there is a world of difference between slick bald and balding, and a balding buzzed head is still an option for most, if not everyone of us.
The second option seems a bit retarded. If you can shoot for an 7-8/10 but you simply don't because you wanna be a 10/10, that seems like a lame excuse for being lazy. If you had that NW1 head, you wouldn't do sh*t either, you'd just rock the 8/10 look and be happy.
The 3rd option, I have a hard time believing is true, but I'm not a scientist. I have seen great makeovers though, they just require a LOT of work an dedication. But if you hit rock bottom, wtf do you have to lose?
The first option is by far the biggest reason I think I struggle so much. I literally walk on the streets seeing 60 y/o men and FAT AS f*** guys with NW1's and I'm actually envious of them. It doesn't fking matter if the old guy can't get his dick up anymore and the fat guy hasn't gotten laid in years, I WANT THAT HAIR. But really, I think a good way to cope yourself with this is to remind yourself that even if this guy is fat and could lose weight, most likely he won't. He might not be as depressed as us because he has an actual solution available to him, but at the same time that might stop him from actually doing something about it.
I don't wanna turn this into a big blue pill "JUST DO IT" bullshit, since all of those reasons are actually legit. It IS hard to change, and i AM lazy. But looking at it from a different perspective has definitely given me a lot of food for thought.
